network of forestry work camps that served as a model for the
formation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and Pinchot
later made extensive use of the CCC in reforesting this
Commonwealth and building trails, pavilions, bridges, dams,
cabins and other recreational amenities in our State parks and
State forests; and
WHEREAS, In 1955, when Maurice K. Goddard was appointed
Secretary of Forests and Waters, there were 44 State parks in
this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Goddard proposed having a State park located
within 25 miles of every Pennsylvania resident and, during the
course of his long and distinguished tenure as secretary, the
number of State parks nearly doubled; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Goddard spearheaded the 1955 passage of the Oil
and Gas Lease Fund Act, which earmarked royalties from oil and
gas leases from State-owned lands for conservation and land
acquisition, and the Project 70 and Project 500 bond measures
that provided funding for parks, forestry, recreational
facilities, conservation, land acquisition, water quality and
pollution control; and
WHEREAS, The 1993 passage of the Keystone Recreation, Park
and Conservation Act has funded hundreds of State parks and
State forest improvements, including construction and
rehabilitation of restrooms, parking lots, roads, bridges,
visitor's centers, sewage treatment and other facilities; and
WHEREAS, The enactment of the Growing Greener I and II
programs has provided valuable investments in hundreds of State
park and State forest projects, including the modernization and
improvement of infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, From 2009 to 2011, the Bureau of State Parks was
20180SR0366PN1786 - 3 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30